You Can Do Anything Tag

Hey Quietfire Fans! With so much going on in the world these days, I thought it would be the perfect time to create a tag with a positive affirmation. So for today's project I'm sharing with you my You Can Do Anything Tag. By combining a variety of stamps, dies and the Modern Gilding Powders, they were all perfect for creating my tag. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my You Can Do Anything Tag at home.

To start, you'll need 2 3/8" x 4 3/4" tag. Blend Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry and Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of the tag using a blending tool with foam. Spritz the tag with water. Dry the tag. 

Apply Emboss It Ink to the Grid Background stamp and stamp at the top of the tag. Reapply ink to the stamp and stamp the bottom portion of the tag. Sprinkle Forever Platinum Modern Gilding Powder over the stamped image. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. 

Apply Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink to the coffee cup ring stamp from the Tea & Thee stamp set and stamp five times as desired on the tag. Apply Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink to the coffee cup ring stamp again and stamp four times as desired on the tag. Dry the ink with a heat tool. Distress the edges of the tag. Ink the edges of the tag using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut a 2 1/4" Stitched Circle. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Tattered Rose Distress Ink on the circle. Spritz the circle with water. Dry the circle. Apply Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink to the coffee cup ring stamp from the Tea & Thee stamp set and stamp three times as desired on the circle. Apply Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink to the coffee cup ring stamp again and stamp two times as desired on the circle. Dry the ink with a heat tool. 

Apply Emboss It Ink to the You Can Do Anything stamp and stamp in the middle of the circle. Sprinkle Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder over the stamped sentiment. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Distress the edges of the circle. Ink the edges of the circle using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the ornament from the Love Joy & Peace Christmas Ornament Die out of white cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to the entire surface of the ornament. Sprinkle Tyrian Purple Modern Gilding Powder over the entire surface of the ornament. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. 

From the Flourished Frame die, die cut the scroll twice out of white cardstock. Cut one of the scrolls in half. 

Adhere the full scroll to the middle of the tag. The top of the scroll will sit 1/8" from the bottom of the reinforcement circle. Adhere the half scroll 5/8" from the bottom and in the middle of the tag.

Adhere the circle to the ornament die cut. 

Foam square the circle to the middle of the tag. It will sit overtop of the where the two scrolls meet. 

Die cut three small butterflies from the Butterfly Flourish out of white cardstock. On two of the butterflies, cut the tails off. Shape the butterflies and adhere as desired around the ornament as desired.

To finish off the tag, tie a piece of twine through the top of the tag.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished tag.

Here is the finished You Can Do Anything Tag.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

- Grid Background

- Tea & Thee

- You Can Do Anything

- Flourished Frame Die

- Butterfly Flourish

- Love Joy & Peace Christmas Ornament

- Tyrian Purple Modern Gilding Powder

- Forever Platinum Modern Gilding Powder

- Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Oxide Ink - Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry & Tattered Rose, Distress Ink - Black Soot and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Circles

- Misc: White Cardstock, Tag and Twine

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that I have inspired you to recreate your own version of my You Can Do Anything Tag.

- Katelyn

Just Because cards with recycled calendar pages

Hi!  Diana here today with an easy way to mask produce on limited craft supplies/space.  I shared on my blog a few days ago how I had used some old calendar pages to mass produce some cards.  Today I am doing more of the same but with vellum and word dies.  

Using a variety of word dies can be time-saving because you can run several different word dies at the same time.  This method works for any combination of word dies but today I am using "Just" from the Just for You set and "Because."  I love this combination because you can continue with this thought on the inside of the card - and right now, I do simply want to send people a card "just because."

So here are 2 of the calendar pages - gorgeous right?  I just trim them down to fit my card fronts.  I got 4 from each - I could have done 6 but that would given me a wider matting than I like.

I also cut some vellum about 1/2 inch smaller on each side.  Vellum is great with word dies because it makes it super easy to line up the words against any grid sheet you have.

Add glue to the back where the words are so that you don't see the glue on the vellum from the front.  

Isn't that so pretty?  The vellum really helps the word to pop because the background, while gorgeous, is really busy.

I had a leftover butterfly on my desk so I colored it the same purple as the flowers in the background.  I'm getting really good at using those scraps! 

For the really dark background, like the one below, I doubled up the vellum, making the front one just a wee bit smaller.  Loving that subtle matting and the more opaque effect of the double vellum.  You can still see the background but again, it's not so busy that your words get lost.

Can you see that they are from the same calendar page?  

Thanks for looking and hoping that you are finding some therapy and sanity through crafting.  Be safe and healthy.

Because metal die (Quietfire Design | Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Because metal die (Quietfire Design | Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Tea & Thee Card

Hi, everyone!

It's Nancy here to share a fun new project!

Today I am combining the fabulous Tea and Thee Stamp Set,

along with the very appropriate Coffee or Tea Card Digital Cut File.

Here's my card:

This is such a fun Stamp Set!

It includes 7 stamps, and I wanted to use as many as I could!

The cut file comes with the words "Coffee or Tea?" 

Since I wanted to make a tea themed card, I left the coffee part out. 

I adhered the "Tea" to the center of the front panel.

Then I used the tea cup stamp,

and stamped randomly all over the front panel

I used two more stamps on the inside of the card:

the sentiment, and the drips.

To the back of the card, I added the lovely tea ring stamp all over.

Finally, I added the fun little cut of the teacup on the saucer,

with the hot steam!

So I managed to use four of the seven stamps on my card!

I call that a success! :o)

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Quietfire Design Products Used:

Tea and Thee Stamp Set

  Coffee or Tea Card Digital Cut File

Other Materials Used:

Kraft Cardstock;

Colorbok Craft Paper - Cosmopolitan;

Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

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Thanks so much for stopping by! :o)

Gilded Tulip Garden

Happy Monday! [...just in case you need to know the day of the week] To those essential workers who are still heading to work ~ THANK YOU! To those who are now home social distancing ~ THANK YOU! In the midst of all this change in the past weeks, I do find some comfort in my craft room, even if my creativity struggles to surface.

This week I played with the newest colours added to Quietfire Design’s Modern Gilding Powders line. The colours are gorgeous, soft and swoon worthy! I wanted to used them all, so decided to make a garden of flowers...in hopes of finding some spring vibes in our very, winter like weather!

I added some Distress Oxide inks to some watercolour paper, to create an illusion of grass, sky and sunshine. I chose watercolour paper so I could “pull” some colour from my Tombow markers in another step.

After my background was completed, I made a stencil from cardstock using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Butterflies and Star Sprays die, designed by Suzanne Cannon. I used a foam makeup sponge to tap some acrylic paint onto my background through the butterflies. Every garden needs butterflies!

Next to make some flowers! I very loosely drew tulips and cut them out out cardstock. Using an Emboss It Dabber from Ranger, I covered my tulips with embossing and poured my Gilding Powders over top! Guess what...even the worse drawn flowers will look amazing, so give it a try!

I cut out the word Spring from the 4 Seasons die and embossed with Dragon Berry Modern Gilding Powder, a favourite from the first release of colours.

With my flowers and quote all ready, I decided how I wanted my placement. With my Tombow markers, I drew stems for my tulips and used my water brush to “pull” the colour. This allows for more of a water colour effect and softer lines! I did the same for some grass and added a few pencil lines for depth.

In signing off today, I encourage you to play. This is not my favourite card I have ever created, it did however let me play with product that has been waiting for me, it took my mind away from the constant chatter of COVID 19 news and play lets your creativity grow...it’s part of the process.

Have a healthy week!

Sometimes, said Pooh

Hello Quietfire fans!  Betsy here on the blog today and hoping your day is going well!

Today's project has such a sweet sentiment!  It's called: 

Sometimes, said Pooh 

I started my project by using the green hexagon paper and stamping

my sentiment with Modern Gilding Powders in Kells Gold.  As always I stamped the

sentiment with a hybrid ink to emboss with instead of regular embossing ink.  This

assures me I will get a good crisp image every time.  This panel measures 2 1/2" x 5 1/4" 

after it was embossed and cut down.

Next I made an A2 size top folding card with pink pearlized card stock.  On top of it I

layered my foiled heart paper that measured 4" x 5 1/4".

On top of the foiled heart paper I centered the embossed green panel.  I used some

narrow gold peel-offs along both edges to give some definition.  Then I fussy cut a

small foiled heart from the heart paper and adhered above my sentiment.

And that finished my card!  I love how simple it is!

Quietfire Products Used:

Sometimes, said Pooh  #6253

Gilding Powders in Kells Gold

Other Products Used:

Ballet Pink Pearlized Card Stock

My Mind's Eye: Bliss Paper Pad

Love From Lizi: Gold Peel-offs

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Thank you so much for stopping by!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Quietfire Design, I do receive the products I use from them. All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

Sending Smiles and Hugs with new Modern Gilding Powders

 Hi, there!  I'm still on my task of making cards to brighten people's day during this social distancing time so I picked sentiments that would be appropriate.  I also received the new Modern Gilding Powders so I wanted to test those out.   To do that, I die cut a bunch of butterflies from the Butterfly Flourish set and gilded all of them with both the old and new colors of Modern Gilding Powders.

Aren't they just so pretty like that?  I am absolutely smitten with the Celtic Mint, Armenian Pink and Forever Platinum.  Since I made all those, I decided to use them on some cards and I came up with a couple.

For this first one, I used the butterfly die cuts as a stencil - just put a bit of removable adhesive to hold the butterfly still.  I started with the colors below but then sponged over the blue with a green so that I could used similar colors of MPG butterflies.

The Sending Smiles was cut out of purple card stock and the butterflies are Celtic Green, Dilly Dilly Lavender, and Armenian Pink.  Such a light and happy card.

For my second card, I used the Butterflies Spray Stencil with different shades of green and blue inks.  If you don't have the stencil, you can used the die to make your own stencil - works just as well!  The card below features Forever Platinum, Burnished Silver and the Sending Hugs is Acanthus Teal which showed up darker than the one in my picture above - different lighting on different days.

 On the picture above, you can see the subtle difference between the Forever Platinum and Burnished Silver - both gorgeous!

Modern Gilding Powders - Spring 2020 set of 5

Butterfly Flourish die set (Quietfire Design | Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Sending Hugs and Kisses die set (Quietfire Design | Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Sweet Smiles die set (Quietfire Design | Elizabeth Craft Designs)